Photos: The Roots Picnic

With the Roots, Ariel Pink, Dismemberment Plan, Man Man, Wiz Khalifa, and more

This past weekend in Philadelphia, the Roots hosted their fourth annual Roots Picnic festival, which went down at Festival Pier at Penn's Landing. The Roots performed a headlining set and also backed up Nas and Esperanza Spalding, and the festival also featured performances from Ariel Pink, the Dismemberment Plan, Man Man, Little Dragon, Wiz Khalifa, Yelawolf, and many more.

In other news from the Roots, ?uestloverecently told Billboard that the next Roots album will be "our first full-fledged narrative concept album." He added, "It's going to be heavy on sort of orchestral chamber music with harder beats in it." They hope to have the album out by late this year or early next year.The Roots